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. . . ARDEN HILLS CITY COUNCIL MEETI1\G MINUTES MARCH 25, 2002 12 way to go, she would go along with it. Shc indicated she still believed the City Administrator would be separated from the rest of the staff. She stated she had not come to this decision casily. She stat cd this was not the way she wanted the City to look. Councilmcmber Aplikowski stated her issue was \vith the job descriptions. Councilmember Rem statcd thcy nccdcd to have morc discussion. Councilmcmber Larson stated if this was an issue about the job descriptions, why didn't Conncil discuss the job dcscriptions, and not reconsider the prcviously approved structure. Councilmcmber Rem stated she believed Council should hcar from more of the staff, other than the City Administrator, as to what they wanted the City structnre to be. MOTlOK: Councilmember Grant moved and Councilmcmber Aplikowski seconded a motion to extcnd the Arden Hills City Council meeting to 10:30 p.m. Motion carricd unanimously. (5-0) Mayor Probst statcd it was thc Council's responsibility to lead the City, and thcy had the responsibility to support the City Administrator when they had instructcd him to do something. He expressed frustration that the Council was unable to reach a decision and stick with it. He stated he did not see the logic for backtracking. Hc indicated he not believe any employcr would consult thc cntire staff as to how managcmcnt should be structured. Councilmember Grant recommended they take this issue to a worksession. Mayor Probst asked for direction as to what Council was looking for in order to have a worksession discussion. Councilmember Grant stated he wanted to see other altcrnatives to restructuring. Hc suggested the combining of Parks with Public Works was a good idea. He stated hc was not in favor of a taJl and nalTOW structure; but a taJl and wide structure. Councilmember Aplikowski stated she wanted to see a budget analysis. She stated these positions had not been posted yet, and shc did not feel that fifteen days would make much of a diffcrence. Councilmember Larson stated he thought it was unfair to the Administrator to ask him to come up with other altematives, whcn this was the altemative they had agreed to. He stated if the City Administrator did not agree with an altemative, it would be counterproductive. He statcd they needed the City Administrator's support of a structure. Councilmember Aplikowski stated she had not seen any other altematives and she wanted other ideas to be prescntcd. Councilmembcr Rcm also requested a budget breakdown. She stated with respect to the job descriptions; she was not convinced that the structure they had was working. She stated team building nccdcd to get donc by the staff. She asked why thcy needed two new people, and what